Pantanassa Monastery
The Pantanassa Monastery is a former Eastern Orthodox monastery, now nunnery, located in Mystras, in the Peloponnese region of Greece. It was founded by a chief minister of the late-Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, Giannis Frankopoulos, and was dedicated in September 1428.Photo: Ed89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: Byzantine monastery in Mystras, Greece
- Also known as: “Moni Pantanassas”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mystras and Saint Nicolas.
Mystras
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mystras is a fortress town and archaeological site in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, known for its ruins from the Byzantine era. During its heyday as a medieval city, it was the capital of the Despotate of Morea, a rump state that was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the mid-15th century shortly after the fall of Constantinople.
Saint Nicolas
Church
Saint Nicolas is a church, which is situated 140 metres northwest of Pantanassa Monastery.
Villehardouin Castle
Castle
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villehardouin Castle is situated 220 metres southwest of Pantanassa Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mystras and Taygeti.
Magoula
Suburb
Magoula is a district of modern Sparta city in Laconia, Greece. It is the former seat of the Mystras municipality. It is basically the evolution of a small village that has been attached to the growing Sparta city. Magoula is situated 3½ km east of Pantanassa Monastery.
Pantanassa Monastery
- Categories: monastery, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.07315° or 37° 4′ 23″ northLongitude
22.36876° or 22° 22′ 8″ eastInception
1428Open location code
8G9439F9+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 85696552OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q1775786
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Tatar—“Pantanassa Monastery” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Pantánassan luostari”
- French: “monastère de la Pantanassa”
- French: “Monastère de la Pantanassa”
- German: “Kloster Pantanassa”
- German: “Kloster Pantánassa”
- German: “Pantanassa-Kloster”
- German: “Pantanassa”
- Greek: “Μονή Παντάνασσας Μυστρά”
- Greek: “Μονή Παντάνασσας”
- Greek: “Παντάνασσα Μυστρά”
- Italian: “Monastero di Pantanassa”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Pantanassa”
- Slovak: “Monastier Pantanassa”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Pantanasa”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Pantanassa”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Pantanssa”
- Tatar: “Мистрадагы Пантанасса кәшишханәсе”
- Tatar: “Пантанасса кәшишханәсе”
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